The word “friend” is grossly overused in everyday conversation, and can refer to anyone you have a generally agreeable relationship with - from the distant, though affable, acquaintances all the way to those who have seen you at your worst, who know all your dirty little secrets, who have experienced each and every one of your most annoying habits… ( Read more... )

I dressed up as a vampire for school again this year.  Different dress though - this one had a petticoat with a hoop in it, thus allowing me to answer the age old question - is it possible to drive in a petticoat/hoop skirt? (Yes.  Yes, it is.)   It was a hell of a pain in the ass to get around in...but it looked awesome.  See for yourself beneath ( Read more... )

...keeps the sane, rational people away.

( 31 movies in 31 days - oh the horrors I've seen... )

I'm either still hungover or sick.  Not sure which.  Aggravated with my school posse...the later we stay out when we go out on Friday nights, the more they ignore me.  I don't think they realize it...but it's starting to piss me off.  Last night they sent me to order a pitcher of sangria and when I got back (2 minutes later) they had planned a ( Read more... )

First...thanks to those of you who showed support on my last post.  I'll reply to your comments soon, provided that the rapidly approaching thunderstorm doesn't knock out the power.

( Kissed and made up with my work BFF...thank God he loves me, insanity and all... )

I want to explain something to all of you...and it will be easy to do so, because I don't really know any of you personally, and I can do it from the safety of my apartment, hiding behind a computer screen.

I have no friends.

Really.  I don't.

Maybe I should re-phrase...I don't have a group of friends.  I collect people I like, pick and choose and add ( Read more... )

And so, the work BFF is officially forgiven for excessive drinking and/or spilling his drink all over me Friday night.  I was reluctant to talk to him about it because I didn't want to start a fight, but he heard me out, then had a chance to add his own two cents.  He said that he really didn't intended on getting drunk - he ate a decent-sized meal ( Read more... )

I'll try to keep this short and to the point - due to massive cuts in public education, I may not have a job next year.  I've known this for a while now...but until the town council decides how much more they're gonna cut from the budget, the union decides whether or not we're gonna agree to a pay freeze, and the superintendent uses this ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel like an Anima Sola - a lonely soul forever trapped in Purgatory.  I have this print (sorry...that's the best image I could find) hanging in my apartment...my mother finds it disturbing.  The door is barred, but her chains are broken...is this the moment before she moves on?  Or is she still like that, forever frozen within the ( Read more... )

This week:

• 1st marking period grades were due. Here's hoping I did everything right...
• We had parent/teacher conferences on Wednesday from 1:30-4:30 and 7:00-9:30. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, but still a helluva long day.
• A student told me I had "too much makeup on" the day of conferences. I had a little eyeliner, mascara, and light ( Read more... )